The eLearning Coach

MAY 19, 2014

She designed products, early content and application prototypes, teaching engineers and instructional technologists to experiment with the API. She worked hand-in-hand with innovators and early adopters implementing the specification at Rustici Software.

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The eLearning Coach

DECEMBER 21, 2009

For a reasonable monthly fee and no long-term commitment required, lynda.com gives you access to a long list of well-designed courses that teach how to use both leading and somewhat obscure software products as well as web development topics, like HTML, Javascript and usability testing. A screen from a course teaching Captivate 4.

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The eLearning Coach

AUGUST 3, 2015

Abbie Brown is Professor at East Carolina University, teaching in the Instructional Technology Program. Together, they produce the Trends & Issues in Instructional Design, Educational Technology and Learning Sciences Podcast.

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The eLearning Coach

OCTOBER 12, 2009

Today I attended a kickoff meeting to design and build a course that teaches medical personnel about venous access devices (VADs) and how to prevent infections from their use. VADs are those tubes that go into a large vein and hang around to administer fluids or medications. There’s more, but you probably don’t want to hear it.

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The eLearning Coach

DECEMBER 13, 2009

This goes beyond thinking about learning and teaching and relates to the discovery of truth. Know how to facilitate—to teach a SME how to use a technology or demonstrate a new technique. Write well-defined measurable objectives based on the needs of the learner. Vijaykumar, Jennifer Blochowiak). Write well. Robert Becker).

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The eLearning Coach

JANUARY 19, 2010

In contrast, high-fidelity photographs would work best when teaching more experienced chefs about presentation of the final meal. For example, you might choose low-fidelity graphics in a beginners cooking course that is explaining the use of various utensils. Advantages of Low-Fidelity Graphics.

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The eLearning Coach

AUGUST 6, 2009

On the first day, she told us she wasn’t going to be teaching her father’s theories and that was that. That’s what you would expect from a professor in her field and she didn’t disappoint. I have to admit, I was pretty enthralled to have the junior Gagne in front of the class. I’m not just reminiscing here.

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The eLearning Coach

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

Whether it’s related to work, recreation or personal development, an immersive environment can be designed for creating the appropriate context and conditions for informal teaching moments. As in real life, the learning will vary depending on the knowledge and experience of the individual. 3D environment created in Thinking Worlds.

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The eLearning Coach

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

Blogging to teach others is common in the public domain, but not so within an organization. Would you like a colleague to teach a course with interactive comments from a broader community? It also integrates with a few open source eLearning tools. Edublogs Campus. Category: Blogs. Edublogs Campus is hoping to change that.

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The eLearning Coach

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

He then proceeds to teach readers how to compose sufficiently simple pictures with just a few components, specifically noting that software is NOT needed. The ideas in the book, of course, are supported by great sketches.

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The eLearning Coach

AUGUST 19, 2009

Or show a screen of the financial software you’ll be teaching managers to use. For example, use a graphic to show the internals of a machine the learner will need to repair in the real world. These are the obvious visual strategies.

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The eLearning Coach

AUGUST 10, 2009

Keep this in mind when you teach experts and when you’re trying to improve the competencies of novices. Experts think holistically and create paradigms for solving problems. They also continually evaluate their own thinking and problem-solving processes and adjust their strategies to optimize results. Post from: The eLearning Coach.

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The eLearning Coach

AUGUST 19, 2009

Or show a screen of the financial software you’ll be teaching managers to use. For example, use a graphic to show the internals of a machine the learner will need to repair in the real world. These are the obvious visual and/or interactive strategies.

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Storyboard eLearning Strategy Sun Learning Objects 51

The eLearning Coach

DECEMBER 7, 2009

Steve Krug then goes on to teach readers how to make web sites that are obvious in their purpose and usability. This wildly popular book is almost a classic and is in its second edition. It’s written on the premise that the first rule of usability should always be, “Don’t make me think.&#

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The eLearning Coach

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

About this time, one night I found myself watching some televised poker tournament and I noticed 21-year-olds playing against 55-year-olds—the grand masters of poker—and winning.

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Simulations Games Cognitive Virtual Classroom 75

The eLearning Coach

JULY 6, 2009

This lesson will teach you how to be a better leader, by practicing how to analyze given information to make sound decisions.&#. Tell them how the course will benefit them and bury your objectives in those statements. Example: “As a manager, you may find it tough to not only organize projects but to lead the way as well.

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The eLearning Coach

JULY 17, 2009

If the course teaches how to handle irate customers, you might interview employees about the difficult situations they encounter and how they handle them. If you can hire a professional videographer or have a competent person on staff, a video-based interview with a customer, client or employee can add riveting moments to an online course.

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The eLearning Coach

NOVEMBER 23, 2009

We talk about distributed practice techniques, we discuss using documentary techniques for video-based learning, techniques from the radio for podcasts, we teach how to leverage the strengths of the new media for learning but also caution against the seduction of the technology. Finally, we listen to what our students are telling us.

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The eLearning Coach

JULY 17, 2009

If the course teaches how to handle irate customers, you might interview employees about the difficult situations they encounter and how they handle them. If you can hire a professional videographer or have a competent person on staff, a video-based interview with a customer, client or employee can add riveting moments to an online course.

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The eLearning Coach

MAY 14, 2020

As an advocate, he creates and teaches about inclusive, accessible user experiences and improving the lives of others. Today I’m speaking with Brian Dusablon, from Learning Ninjas. Brian works in many roles, helping clients apply existing and emerging technologies to support process and business improvement. How to get started quickly.

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The eLearning Coach

NOVEMBER 30, 2009

teaching all of the editing functions in Word) or by products (e.g., Example: A course teaching agriculture extension agents about soil could be organized by soil layers, starting with the topsoil. Example: A course on personal finance might teach how a savings account works prior to teaching how to balance a checkbook.

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The eLearning Coach

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

Remove anything that does not support the skills you want to teach. How can you whittle down all the information? Focus on the essential skills they require in the workplace and the knowledge that supports these skills.

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The eLearning Coach

MARCH 28, 2010

Perhaps it hits you when you’re writing a storyboard to teach a poorly designed and uninspiring software program. Or maybe you just received a fax from a course sponsor and revisions are scribbled on every page. Suddenly your de-motivation button is triggered and you can’t seem to shake it off.

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